Category: Cold spells affecting United States

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• United States

Duration: 5 days

Time span: August 09 2022 to August 13 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 26.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -2.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: 25.8 °C

Event center: 28.5°N 269.5°E

Area affected: 206983 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2022-Aug-09_to_2022-Aug-13_269.5_28.5

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• United States

Duration: 14 days

Time span: August 05 2022 to August 18 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -1.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -3.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: 7.2 °C

Event center: 52.5°N 189.0°E

Area affected: 90543 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2022-Aug-05_to_2022-Aug-18_189.0_52.5

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• United States

Duration: 7 days

Time span: August 05 2022 to August 11 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 7.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.5 °C
• Minimum temperature: -3.1 °C

Event center: 67.5°N 210.5°E

Area affected: 423645 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2022-Aug-05_to_2022-Aug-11_210.5_67.5

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• United States

Duration: 8 days

Time span: July 26 2022 to August 02 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -5.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 6.8 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -9.1 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.5 °C

Event center: 67.5°N 204.5°E

Area affected: 155869 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2022-Jul-26_to_2022-Aug-02_204.5_67.5

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• United States

Duration: 8 days

Time span: July 25 2022 to August 01 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.1 °C
• Mean temperature: 24.1 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -7.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: 15.9 °C

Event center: 34.0°N 247.0°E

Area affected: 215187 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2022-Jul-25_to_2022-Aug-01_247.0_34.0

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• United States

Duration: 7 days

Time span: July 18 2022 to July 24 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 8.3 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.0 °C
• Minimum temperature: -1.6 °C

Event center: 63.0°N 198.0°E

Area affected: 444648 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2022-Jul-18_to_2022-Jul-24_198.0_63.0

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• United States

Duration: 8 days

Time span: June 30 2022 to July 07 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -4.4 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.4 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -6.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 12.5 °C

Event center: 40.0°N 236.5°E

Area affected: 61710 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2022-Jun-30_to_2022-Jul-07_236.5_40.0

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• United States

Duration: 3 days

Time span: June 26 2022 to June 28 2022

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: -7.6 °C
• Mean temperature: 17.9 °C
• Minimum temperature anomaly: -10.7 °C
• Minimum temperature: 14.6 °C

Event center: 37.5°N 258.5°E

Area affected: 56499 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Cold_spell_2022-Jun-26_to_2022-Jun-28_258.5_37.5